2024 Event
The annual Chemistry Appreciation and Awards Night is designed to recognize the hard work and achievements of the graduate and undergraduate students of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Iowa.
Undergraduate Awards and Recognition
Donald J. Burton & Margaret A. Burton Scholarship
- Asya Lengel
E. David Cater Scholarship
- Kailey Krigas
Russell K. Simms Scholarship
- Ferris Bissen
- Parker Kintigh
Chemistry Alumni Awards
- Senior Recipient
- Casey Huettman
- Junior Recipient
- Jenna Ringwald
- Sophomore Recipient
- Nadia Arsenijevic
CRC Freshman Chemistry Award
- Lily Nelson
Merck Index Award
- Sara Feiz
American Institute of Chemists Award
- Ruben Delatorre
ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award
- Casey Huettman
ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Award
- Ferris Bissen
ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Award
- Karah Putnam
ACS Division of Physical Chemistry Award
- Griffin Hancock
Summer Undergraduate Research Award
- Cade Hoambrecker
Viksnins, Harris, & Padys Poster Award
- Asya Lengel
- Ben Mullen
- Andrew Burgess
- Carson Lovig
Chemistry & Sustainability Student Abroad Scholarship
- Jessica Miller
- Michael Lauer
- Carsen Mellinger
- Ella Schlueter
Fall 2023
Rachael Bertolino (BS), Steven Palacios (BS), Aasthika Das (BA), Richard Whiteside (BS), Trevor Larkin (BS), Jackson Tupper (BS)
Spring 2024
BS: Sophie Alessio, Emma Barker, Leighton Barnes, Tommy Branstad Phillips, Aidan Craven, Sam Dolde, Griffin Hancock, Carter Swanson, Ferris Bissen, Julianne Green, Victor Calderon
BA: Ben Alexander, Anna Cacini, Brady Dunn, Aidan Freshly, Emry Hahn, Peyton Hedger, Cassidy Kamman, Kierra McKernan, Abril Mendez, Emily Miller, Lily Poci, Karah Putnam, Matthew Salas, Samantha Schwarte, Hajar Smith, Claire Stevens, Mackenzee Albert, Bergen Ensminger, Mackenzie Green, Cole Hillier, Kieran McLaughlin, Casey Huettma
Graduate Student Awards and Recognition
A. Lynn Anderson Award for Research Excellence
- To be announced
Kathryn K. & James D. Steele Scholarship
- Andrew Lazicki
- Darby Duffy
Ballard and Seashore Fellowship
- Piyumi B. Wijesirigunawardana, Fall 2024
- Dilini M. Kirindigoda Gamage, Fall 2024
- Colleen Lasar, Spring 2024
- Andrea Van Wyk, Spring 2024
- Chamika Madawala, Spring 2024
Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship
- Grace Akporere, Fall 2024
- Emmanuel Y Bonsu, Fall 2024
- Andrew Lazicki, Spring 2024
- Josie Welker, Spring 2024
Graduate College Summer (2024) Fellowship
- Uchechukwu Akporere
- Emmanuel Bonsu
- Thomas Chiarella
- Akalanka Ekanayake
- Janeshta Fernando
- Dilini Kirindigoda Gamage
- Heather Koska
- Jeewani Meepage
- Janadhi Nakath Durage
- Dunya Sembukuttiarachchige
- Mai Yer Yang
OVPR Dare to Discover Banner
- Samantha Kruse
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
- Abby Carlin
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention
- Nicole Shapiro
Summer 2023
Jalen Dickson, Andrew Horvath, Grant Shivers
Fall 2023
Collin Hill, Janadi Nakath Durage, Bishnu Neupane, Raphael Ogbodo, Jacob Schuely
Spring 2024
Leslie Bolda, Bichitra Borah
Summer 2023
Jacob Hackbarth, Whitney Harmon, Hong Bok Lee, Leah Scharlott, Joshua Zgrabik
Fall 2023
Joshua Coduto, Kasun Dadallagei, Hoang Dang, Christopher Hartwick, Christopher Knutson, Ishanka Liyanage, Nicholas Luedtke, Chamari Mampage, Arjun Paudel, Nimesh Ranasinghe Arachchige
Spring 2024
Matthew Emerson, Tiron Jahinge, Chamika Madawala, Hannah Nennig, Celymar Ortiz de Leon, Andrea Van Wyk
To be announced.
Event Schedule
5:00 p.m. - Reception & Poster session*
6:00 p.m. - Ceremony
- Welcome – Prof. Renée Cole (DEO)
- Undergraduate Awards – Prof. Mona Maalouf
- Chemistry & Sustainability Study Abroad- Prof. Adam Brummett
- Graduate Awards – Prof. Scott Shaw
- CGSA Awards – Samantha Kruse & Darby Duffy
- Closing remarks – Prof. Renée Cole
The Graduating class of 2024 recognizes these UI faculty and staff members for making a positive difference in their lives during their time at the University of Iowa. President Barbara Wilson, Executive Vice President and Provost Kevin Kregel, and Vice President for Student Life Sarah Hansen join in thanking all of the valuable faculty and staff members who work every day to make a difference for our students.
- Aditi Bhattacherjee
- Ned Bowden
- Adam Brummett
- David Cwiertny
- Scott Daly
- Caleb DeWitt
- Tori Forbes
- Dominic Frisbee
- Maxwell Geng
- Rebecca Laird
- Johna Leddy
- Mouna Maalouf
- David Martin
- Louis Messerle
- Chris Pigge
- Scott Shaw
- Binaya Shrestha
- Michael Sinnwell
- Betsy Stone
- Amy Strathman
- Alexei Tivanski
- Florence Williams